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Trivia

• The hog that he rides is most likely a "Phacochoerus africanus" (common warthog). Common Warthogs are smaller than boars but more agile which might explain why the Hog Rider can move particularly fast. Warthogs also have tusks, which is like the Hog Rider's hog in Clash of Clans.
• In the Clan Wars commercial if you look carefully, you can see a gold tooth.
• When an Army Camp stationing Hog Riders is clicked, they jump up and down.
• The Hog Rider bears more than a passing resemblance to Mr. T and Zangief from Street Fighter.
• You can have a maximum of 64 Hog Riders at one time in a complete set of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 74 if you include the 10 that can fit into a fully upgraded Clan Castle. On the battlefield, you can clone an additional 28 Hog Riders with four level 7 or higher Clone Spells (three from the regular spell inventory and one from a max-level Clan Castle), for a total of 102 Hog Riders.
• In Clash of Clans, the Hog Rider has a manly, deeper, aggressive sounds but in commercials and Clash Royale, however, the Hog Rider's voice is high-pitched.
  • This is because the Hog Rider's personality was given in this commercial after being added to the game.
  • It could also be possible that the voice is actually the hog's since the hog is seen speaking English in a similar voice in the commercials.
• The phrase "Did somebody say Hog Rider?" comes from the Clash of Clans TV commercial.
  • This phrase originates from a popular meme, the "Did somebody say ___?" meme.
  • His description in Clash Royale is based on the Clash of Clans Ride of the Hog Riders commercial. It says: “Fast melee troop that targets buildings and can jump over the river. He followed the echoing call of "Hog Riderrrrr" all the way through the Arena doors.”
• The Hog Rider is featured as a character skin for Carl in Brawl Stars.
• Interestingly, the Builder Base Hog Rider has more hitpoints and damage than the Home Village Hog Rider. This may be due to the fact that the Hog Glider and the Hog Rider from it has more levels.
• There is a Scenery in the game based on the Hog Rider called Hog Mountain which was available for purchase in February 2021 costing USD $6.99. The Scenery is inspired from Arena 10 from Clash Royale. 2 Hog Rider statues can be seen behind the enemy's King's Tower in Clash Royale.
• In Clash Royale, the Master 2 League badge resembles a Hog Rider's hammer.
• The hog is heavily implied to be as sentient as a human by the commercials, being seen playing cards, training with the rider, giving baths and even singing in English.
• Even after the troop training cost was removed, in the troop's description it continues to say “Fueled by Dark Elixir”.

Comparisons

• Hog Riders along with Barbarians, Archers, and Miners are the only 4 troops not based on fiction or legend/myth. The P.E.K.K.A may be based on fiction but it is currently unknown.
• The Hog Rider, Minion and Valkyrie were the first Dark Elixir Troops to be added to the game, since the March 12th, 2013 update.
• Hog Riders have the most legs of any troop with a total of six (including the man and hog).
• The Hog Rider is one of the 13 units to appear in a Scenery, the others being the Barbarian, Goblin, Balloon, Barbarian King, P.E.K.K.A, Baby Dragon, Skeleton, Archer Queen, Grand Warden, Dragon Rider, Cannon Cart, and the Party Wizard. In its case, it appears in the Hog Mountain Scenery.
• The Hog Rider is one of two troops in the Home Village that can be upgraded to level 11, the other being the Golem.